Official Records Databases

This is a listing of databases of records, mostly official, kept by states and their political subdivisions that provide historical information on individuals. Some of the types of information you'll find here include birth and death records, war pensions, cemetery markers, etc.

Kentucky Vital Records Index - Allows the search of: KENTUCKY DEATH INDEX FOR 1911-1986, KENTUCKY DEATH INDEX FOR 1987-1992, KENTUCKY MARRIAGE INDEX FOR 1973-1993 and KENTUCKY DIVORCE INDEX FOR 1973-1993. Database will not be updated as funding is not available. Bulk access to data is not available.

Revolutionary War Warrants database - From the website "Access information on 4748 Revolutionary War Warrants issued to Virginia veterans or their assigns prior to 1792 on the Revolutionary War Warrants database. View color images from the Warrants Register and all Kentucky patent files authorized by Revolutionary War Warrants."

Coroner's Inquest Database - The database contains records from various counties, the City of St. Louis, and the St. Louis Medical Examiner. It is an abstract of records that have been indexed and are available for online research. The original records are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives. These inquests are not made available until 72 years after creation. The database search engine allows searches by county, name of deceased, cause of death, and/or year of death (or range of years). A keyword search function is also available.

Land Patents Database: 1831 - 1969 - This database contains over 35,500 transcribed patents containing information from the state-issued land patents which can be useful in placing an individual in a specific location at a specific time. The information contained in the land patent database includes name of purchaser, county, date of purchase, legal land description, and microfilm location for copy of full entry (reel number, volume and page number). Searchable by name of purchaser or section of land.

Local Records Inventory Database - This database, produced by the Missouri Local Records Preservation Program, is a compilation of inventories of local government records identified as having permanent or enduring value and housed primarily in county and municipal offices, but includes some libraries, museums, and historical and genealogical societies that maintain government records. Searchable by county or keyword.

Missouri Supreme Court Historical Database - The Missouri Supreme Court database provides an index and abstract of the criminal and civil court cases that were appealed to the territorial and state Supreme Court of Missouri up to 1868, and a partial listing of cases to 1883. A number of documents in the earliest cases date from the 1780s to 1790s.

Missouri's Union Provost Marshal Papers, 1861-1865 - This database is simply an index to assist researchers in locating information found in the original microfilmed records, available at the Missouri State Archives. The records are not available online. Although these are records of the Union Army, they were associated with Confederate records in the War Department because they relate, in part, to Confederate citizens and sympathizers. The microfilm collection contains thousands of pages of documents detailing the way the provost marshal affected the lives of Missouri citizens who came into contact with the Union Army.

Naturalization Records, 1816-1955 - This database contains immigration information from record books from various counties and the Supreme Court of Missouri. This is an ongoing project between the Missouri State Archives and the St. Louis Genealogical Society.

Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - WWI - This database covers the War of 1812 to World War I and lists more than 576,000 Missourians who served in the military. It is abstracted from individual service cards. The database is searchable by name or unit and can be limited to a particular war. Images of the original service records are linked to most database records.

St. Louis Probate Court Database, 1802-1900 - Probate files from 1802 to 1900 have been indexed and are available through the online database. Users can enter a name and/or year into the database search engine to access over 2 million images of case documents. This is an ongoing project between the Missouri State Archives and the St. Louis Probate Court.

Ohio

Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913-1944 You can now purchase photocopies of Ohio death certificates online. Use the Index to find and select your certificates, save them to your list and click on purchase to checkout through the . Copies cost $7 per certificate (Ohio residents pay 6.75% sales tax). You can now request copies of death certificates for the years 1909-1912 and 1945-1953 by completing an online request form and checking out through the Ohio History Store.